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  • Basic Trope: A building is shaped like a letter in the alphabet.
  • Straight: There is a building shaped like the letter T in Troperville.
  • Exaggerated: A sentence is written throughout the entire length of the street using these letter-shaped buildings.
    • Alphabet City is a city where all of its buildings are modeled after letters.
  • Downplayed: The building is shaped like an I.
  • Justified: It's associated with a superhero.
  • Inverted: A Starfish Language uses glyphs shaped like buildings in their alphabet.
  • Subverted: ???
  • Double Subverted: ???
  • Parodied: The letters come from the Chinese language.
  • Zig-Zagged: Some buildings in Troperville are built in the shape of letters, others are not.
  • Averted: No building in the story is shaped like any letter.
  • Enforced: ???
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???
  • Played for Laughs: A few buildings spell out some kind of swear word.
  • Played for Drama: ???
  • Played for Horror: A few deteriorated buildings in a remote part of Troperville spell out something like "DEATH".

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